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Twin Cities Pride Board Chair Darcie Baumann sits down with Ryan for a special extended interview to talk candidly about the issues and controversies that have surrounded the Festival and Parade over the past two years. We talk about what went wrong, what's been done to correct it and what's being done this year and beyond to ensure that the Festival continues to be a safe and inclusive space for everyone. We dig past the headlines, soundbites, reactions and misinformation of the past two years. We get to the heart of the matter and speak directly to the LGBTQ+ community about who Twin Cities Pride really is and why we need your help to keep getting better. We talk about Darcie's 10-year rise through the organization from volunteer to Board Chair, we answer all of your questions about Police involvement with the Festival and Parade, we respond directly to the demands raised by last year's protesters and much, much more. This is an historic, unprecedented, in-depth, one-on-one conversation with the first fe

In Episode 8, we talk about the events taking place around immigration, Trump's performance in North Korea, the trend of celebrities reinforcing polarization by responding to hate with hate, the media's obsession with the Mueller investigation (to the exclusion of other news), the Right's most recent attack on pre-existing conditions, the increasing radicalization of the Right at the Primary level, and more. We also cover the annual "Night of a New Day" event at the Kaleo Center and talk about "The Opposite of Hate", Beth's most recent book recommendation.

On-location at Mercy Bar and Dining Room for the 2018 Quorum Community Leadership Awards Gala.

On-location at the Minneapolis Central Library for a community conversation with the Minneapolis Police Department, featuring City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins.

Welcome to Episode One of Immigrant Invincible! Meet your host, Aneta Toporowska, and join us on-location at the 2018 Festival of Nations.   ©2018 Podletter Media for Top Ventures, LLC.   Music: CØDE - We're Invincible (feat. Joseph Feinstein) [NCS Release], David Bulla - Unexpected [NCS Release], Jim Yosef - Firefly [NCS Release]. All music used by permission under attribution license courtesy of NoCopyrightSounds.

For episode 100, we venture deep into the caverns below the University of Minnesota on an epic quest to officially archive the first 6 episodes of The Beth Zemsky Podcast. For our expedition, we bring along Beth’s longtime friend and colleague, Lisa Vecoli, Curator of The Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, to help us tell the story of how the U of M Archives came into being and how (with some good community organizing!) the Tretter GLBT History Collection found its place and cemented its legacy among them. We also take the opportunity to set the stage for the next 6 episodes of the Beth Zemsky Podcast by talking a little about where we’ve been so far and about where all of the deep intersectional movement energy in our country right now might be leading us.

On-location at the Earle Brown Heritage Center for the 2018 Opportunity Conference with Rainbow Health Initiative and Minnesota AIDS Project.

On-location at the Minnesota State Capital for the 2018 OutFront Youth Summit.

On-location with The Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus discussing their new Social Justice themed production, Rise Up!

On-location at Target Field with the Minnesota Twins Director of Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, Miguel Ramos.

On-location at First Unitarian Society with Skylark Opera Theatre discussing their upcoming production, As One.

On-location at The They/Them Project Gallery Opening at LUSH with Councilman Phillipe Cunningham. For an extensive background on this episode, including interviews with the artist and several of the individuals involved in the project early on, check out episodes 59-62 of The TC Pride Podcast by clicking the links below. Episode 59 (Part 1) Episode 60 (Part 2) Episode 61 (Part 3) Episode 62 (Part 4)

On-location at the 2018 International Women's Day event with Rare Productions and KFAI.

A Reintroduction to Domestic Abuse Project with DAP's Director of Client Services, Amirthini Keefe.

On-location at the 2018 Winter Beer Dabbler with John Garland from The Growler Magazine. We catch up with old friends from the Pride Dabbler, make some new ones and talk with John about The Dabbler, The Growler, and the new Twin Cities Pride Magazine. For over an HOUR of bonus footage from the 2018 Winter Beer Dabbler, click the links below! Bonus Footage Part 1 Bonus Footage Part 2

On-location at Indeed Brewing for the Indeed We Can Twin Cities Pride fundraiser.

On-location at Twin Cities Pride Headquarters with Executive Director Dot Belstler. We talk with Dot about the 2017 Festival and about what's coming up in 2018 and beyond.

In this episode, Beth talks about the recent Facilitating Cultural Change workshop, her experience at the 30th Annual Creating Change Conference sponsored by the LGBTQ Task Force, the truth behind Trump’s “booming” economy narrative, and other slight-of-hand tactics that the Right continues to engage in behind the smokescreen of the day-to-day distractions and trauma. In the curriculum segment, we talk about Beth’s recent trip to Northern Minnesota to speak with leaders of Rural Non-Profits about doing Equity work in this current polarized climate. We then discuss some concrete tips for building dialogue and relationships with others in a way that undermines the “Us vs. Them” ideology that leads to polarization. Click here to download the .PDF document referred to in this episode!

Part 2 of special on-location coverage of Sunday in Loring Park at Pride 2017.

Part 1 of special on-location coverage of Sunday in Loring Park at Pride 2017.